Bible Dictionaries
Bashaw

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Fig.: A magnate or grandee.

(2):

(n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.

(3):

(n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; - also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bashaw'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bashaw.html. 1828.